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--- --- ## navigate the file tree changing directory to dirname cd dirname move up a directory in the tree cd .. dont forget you can drag a folder in from the finder to get a path to that directory go back to the last directory I was in cd - where am I? (present working directory) pwd list what's in this directory ls now give me more information in the listing ls -lah ssh to server ssh user@domain.com --- --- ## find & open list all files recursively in subdomains find . find all files with '.css' in the name find . | grep .css find the string 'prose' in the contents of all the files in this directory grep -r "prose" . open a file as if you had double clicked it in the finder (mac only) open filename open the current directory in the finder open . make a directory called dirname mkdir dirname create a file called filename if it doesnt exist or update last modified date if it does touch filename --- --- ## move, remove & copy move or rename a file or directory mv oldname newname remove a file rm filename remove a directory and all its contents. BE VERY CAREFUL! you could easily delete everything! rm -rf dirname copy a file cp oldfilename newfilename copy a directory and everything in it cp -r olddirname newdirname securely copy a file to / on a remote server scp file user@domain.com: you can also copy a directory using scp -r --- --- ## subversion check out a repository to the current directory svn co URL . update local directory from repository svn up are there new or modified files? svn status add new files to the repository svn add filename remove a file from subversion svn remove filename mark a previously conflicted file as resolved svn resolved filename who changed what line number of this file svn blame filename commit all changes in this directory svn commit -m "commit msg" --- --- ## subversion & download is this directory checked out from svn? and where? svn info show everything that has changed svn diff show what has changed in one file svn diff filename open text editor in order to specify which files to ignore from svn svn propedit svn:ignore . download a file to the current directory wget URL show the contents of a file in the terminal curl URL --- --- ## help & information run any command as root sudo your-command-here get help for any command, eg svn svn --help how long has this computer been on? uptime what is the size of the current directory and all the contents du -h cancel the command you were currently typing ctrl + c go to the beginning of the line in the terminal ctrl + a go to the end of the line in the terminal ctrl + e --- ---